West Ellerbe Creek Trail
Earth: United States: North Carolina: Durham: West Ellerbe Creek Trail
Connections
- Northeast: Ellerbe Creek Trail (eventually)
- Southwest: Hillandale Golf Course (not sure if there's a pedestrian connection)
Sections
- existing:
- south-southwest: Hillandale Golf Course / Indian Trail Park
- north-northeast to Westover Park (Maryland Avenue) (listing)
- to be built: from Westover Park (between Guess Road and Maryland Ave.), under I-85 and ending at Ellerbe Creek Trail on Stadium Drive
- tunnel under I-85 exists
- right-of-way along Ellerbe Creek northeast of this portion had been acquired, but there are regulatory issues
- design phase complete, but no funding for construction as of 2010-07-15
About
West Ellerbe Creek Trail is a bicycle/pedestrian trail in Durham, NC that currently runs from Perennial Drive (off Albany Street near the eastern edge of Hillandale Golf Course) through Indian Trail Park east-northeast along the western portion of Ellerbe Creek to Maryland Avenue (the western edge of the very small Westover Park).
A longer section continuing along the creek through Westover Park, across Guess Road, under I-85, and connecting with the main Ellerbe Creek Trail has been designed but not yet built. It will run through a tunnel under I-85 which was built during highway widening circa 2005. Right-of-way along the creek was donated in the 1990s by the shopping centers on its east side, but the creek shifted in the years before funding was available to build the trail. New water-quality rules are currently (2014) a barrier to construction.
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News
- 2014-02-11 Durham greenway could be condemnation bound: "...the owners of the Bed, Bath and Beyond shopping center and Costco land already donated easements, back in the 1990s. The catch is, since then the creek has meandered to a new course and the old easements are now in buffer zones where new water-quality rules prohibit any construction."
- 2007-06-06 Act now: Help connect the North-South & W. Ellerbe Creek Greenways